Foreign minister: Iran ready to send humanitarian aid to Gaza through Egypt
Iran's foreign minister says the Islamic Republic is ready to send humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip through Egypt amid the Israeli regime's relentless and devastating war against the Palestinian territory.
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the comment in a phone call with his Egyptian counterpart, Sameh Shoukry, on Monday.
Iran's top diplomat pointed to the position of Iran and Egypt as two important Muslim countries in the region, emphasizing the significance of continued consultations between Tehran and Cairo to find ways to end the Israeli regime’s savage attacks against Palestinian civilians both in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
Amir-Abdollahian added that the Iranian Red Crescent Society is prepared to send humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip through Egypt.
The Egyptian foreign minister, for his part, lauded the positions taken and efforts made by Arab and Muslim countries, including the Islamic Republic of Iran, to help Palestinians in Gaza.
He also called for the continuation of bilateral and multilateral consultations with the goal of ending the Israeli brutal war on Gaza, establishing ceasefire in the territory, and sending humanitarian aid for its people.
In another phone call earlier the same day, Amir-Abdollahian had discussed the current crisis in the Gaza Strip with his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan.
The two sides stressed the importance of putting an end to Israel's war crimes against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and delivering constant humanitarian aid to the war-hit people.
Israel launched the war on Gaza on October 7 after the territory's Palestinian resistance movements waged the surprise Operation al-Aqsa Storm against the occupying entity in response to the Israeli regime’s decades-long campaign of bloodletting and devastation against Palestinians.
The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza announced on Monday that the death toll from the incessant Israeli bombardment of the coastal territory stood at 10,022 people, including 4,104 children and 2,641 women. It added that the number of those wounded over the past 31 days had risen to 25,408.
The regime has also cut off one of the most densely-populated places in the world from basic supplies such as water, electricity, medicines, and fuel. Shortage of medical supplies and food has left 2.3 million Palestinians at risk of starvation.
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